February 2019
The Sensex fell 1.07% in Feb-19, while the Nifty fell 0.36% during the month. Indian equity markets closed in the red as investors remained concerned over rising oil prices after Saudi Arabia declared deeper cuts in oil production. Further, the terrorist attacks in Kashmir and its repercussions weighed on the market sentiment, thereby muting buying interest. 11090 10990 10890 10790 10690 10590 Nifty-50 movement in Feb'19 % Change In Global Indices Bovespa -1.86% Jakarta -1.37% BSE Sensex -1.07% Kospi -0.43% Straits Times 0.71% FTSE 1.52% Hang Seng 2.47% Nikkei 225 2.94% S&P 500 2.97% DAX 3.07% Nasdaq Composite 3.44% Dow Jones 3.62% 13.79% Shanghai Composite -4% -2% 1% 3% 5% 7% 9% 11% 13% 15% World markets ended the month of Feb-19 on a positive note, except for Brazil s Bovespa, Jakarta Composite, and Kospi that were down 1.9%, 1.4%, 0.43% respectively. China s Shanghai composite, US Dow Jones, US Nasdaq, Germany s DAX, S&P 500, Japan s Nikkei, Hong Kong s Hang Seng, UK s FTSE and Singapore s Strait times were gainers, up 13.8%, 3.6%, 3.4%, 3.1%, 2.97%, 2.94%,2.5%, 1.5% and 0.7% respectively. On investment front, the FIIs bought Rs 15,328.47 Crore in equities during Feb 19. USD/INR strengthened d to 70.84 in February 19 from 70.96 during January 19. % Change in Sectoral i ndices BSE POWER-2.78% BSE PSU -2.43% BSE BANKEX -2.29% BSE FMCG -2.26% BSE METAL -1.75% BSE CG -1.29% BSE HEALTHCARE -0.87% BSE IT -0.07% BSE CD 0.73% BSE REALTY BSE OIL&GAS BSE AUTO 1.23% 1.39% 1.68% -3% -2% -1% 0% 1% 2%
Auto Sales february 2019 Weak consumer sentiment due to high interest cost and liquidity constraints continued to subdue sales of automobile companies in February 19.Passenger vehicles recorded marginal volume decline. M&HCV segment witnessed decline for four consecutive months.2ws recorded YoY decline while LCV segment reported marginal growth. Country s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki delivered muted performance for the month of February19. Total sales for the month fell marginally by 0.76% at 1,48,682 units against 1,49,824 units in February 18.Exports fell 19.64% during the month. Domestic sales growth was marginal at 0.87% during February 19. Hyundai Motor India Ltd witnessed a decline in sales of 3.1% at 43,110 units during the month against 44,505 units in domestic market. However the company s export shot up by 4.5% at 11,408 units against 10,917 units in Feb 18. Mahindra & Mahindra posted a growth of 9.5% during the month at 56,005 vehicles in comparison to 51,127 units YoY. The export surged 16.4% during the month at 3090 units vs 2654 units. Tata Motors registered a slowdown of 3% in total sales at 57,221 units in February 19 vs 58,993 units in Feb 18.Export slumped 39% due to congestion at Bangladesh border, new regulations and political uncertainty in Sri Lanka and slowdown in Middle east automotive market. Meanwhile, Honda cars India posted a growth of 16% with domestic sales of 13,527 units in February 19 compared to 11,650 units YoY. This growth is attributable to the demand of new generation Amaze. The two wheeler sales for February 19 extended the sluggishness of the previous month amid high level of unsold stocks and tepid buying sentiment. Bajaj Auto reported a growth of 9.8% iin total sales at 3,93,089 units in comparison to 3,57,883 units during February 18.Export surged 19% during the month. Chennai-based two wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company registered a growth of 3% in February 19 at 2,99,353 units vs 2,90,673 units YoY. Meanwhile Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp reported a decline of 2% in sales during the month at 6,17,215 units vs 6,29,597 units YoY. Eicher motor owned, Royal Enfield reported poor total sales number during February 19 at 62,630 units which was a fall of 14.3% in Feb 19.Domestic sales also fell 16% during the month.
Total Figure BAJAJ AUTO LTD 393,089 357,883 9.84% 407,150-3.45% TATA MOTORS LTD 57,221 58,993-3.00% 58,185-1.66% MARUTI SUZUKI (INDIA) LTD 148,682 149,824-0.76% 151,721-2.00% MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA 56,005 51,127 9.54% 55,722 0.51% TVS MOTORS 299,353 290,673 2.99% 282,630 5.92% EICHER MOTORS 62630 73,077-14.30% 72,701-13.85% ESCORT 7,240 6,462 12.04% 5,991 20.85% ASHOK LEYLAND 17,352 17,213 0.81% 19,741-12.10% HERO MOTOCORP LIMITED 617,215 629,597-1.97% 582,756 5.91% Export Figure BAJAJ AUTO LTD 171,383 143,860 19.13% 175,689-2.45% TATA MOTORS LTD 2,930 4768-38.55% 3,270-10.40% MARUTI SUZUKI (INDIA) LTD 9,582 11,924-19.64% 9,571 0.11% MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA 3,090 2,654 16.43% 3222-4.10% TVS MOTORS 66,570 58,564 13.67% 52,650 26.44% EICHER MOTORS 2,564 1,723 48.81% 1,829 40.19% ESCORT 322 167 92.81% 229 40.61% Total Domestic Sales (Excluding Export) Figure BAJAJ AUTO LTD 221706 214023 3.59% 231461-4.21% TATA MOTORS LTD 54291 54225 0.12% 54915-1.14% MARUTI SUZUKI (INDIA) LTD 139100 137900 0.87% 142,150-2.15% MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA 52915 48473 9.16% 52500 0.79% TVS MOTORS 232783 232109 0.29% 229,980 1.22% EICHER MOTORS 60066 71354-15.82% 70,872-15.25% ESCORT 6,918 6295 9.90% 5,762 20.06% TATA MOTORS GLOBAL WHOLESALES 110,262 121,252-9.06% 100,572 9.63% GLOBAL WHOLESALES(JLR) 49,695 56,905-12.67% 41,676 19.24% Global Wholesales (Jaguar) 14,926 16,245-8.12% 12,904 15.67% Global Wholesales (Land Rover) 34,769 40,660-14.49% 28,772 20.84%
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